mplskeleton: Build Up a Model Parameter List Skeleton

In simMSM: Simulation of Event Histories for Multi-State Models

Build Up a Model Parameter List Skeleton

Description

Constructs the skeleton of a model parameter list on basis of the transition-type definition matrix.

Usage

mplskeleton(tmat)

Arguments

tmat	a transition-type definition matrix. This is a square matrix containing the boolean information of which exit state-types (the columns) are reachable from which entry state-type (the lines).

Details

The example below provides an intuitive description of how to suitably set up the input argument.

Value

An incomplete (therefore the function name ends with 'skeleton') model parameter list as used for the input argument mpl in the function simeventhistories.

Author(s)

Holger Reulen

Examples

## Two state-type model with transient state-types 1 and 2: 
tra2 <- matrix(ncol = 2, nrow = 2, data = FALSE)
tra2[1, 2] <- tra2[2, 1] <- TRUE
mplskeleton(tmat = tra2)
## Illness-death model (IDM) with recovery:
traIDM <- matrix(nrow = 3, ncol = 3, FALSE)
traIDM[1, 2] <- traIDM[1, 3] <- traIDM[2, 1] <- traIDM[2, 3] <- TRUE
mplskeleton(tmat = traIDM)

simMSM documentation built on May 6, 2022, 9:05 a.m.